[kictanet] TEAMs to switch into Private Hands

[brian]

Hi John,

On thing we mustn't forget is the two main driving principles behind the Open Access model, i.e.
1) Separating Ownership from Service and allowing participation/investment from non-operators
2) Ensuring competition through an open process that allow any operator/investor the opportunity to join

On these points I would say that TEAMS has scored very high. Capacity can be purchased directly from TEAMS Ltd or at various wholesale and retail points from participating operators. Additionally competition is ensured because you have approximately 8 operators; Telkom, Safaricom, KDN, Wananchi, Access, Jamii, Gilat, Econet and France Telecom in the picture. All will need to find ways of offloading their bandwidth like a hot potato - which means that the price pressure will be downward.

I give TEAMS the thumbs up - but maybe that's cos I'm biased ;-)

Regards,

B

On Sun, 16 Mar 2008 23:07:19 -0700 (PDT), John Walubengo <jwalu at yahoo.com> wrote:
> The current issue of The EastAfrican claims that the
> government submarine fiber project is to be transferred to
> the initial co-financiers : Safaricom, KDN, Jamii, amongst
> others.
> 
> Will the eventual majority shareholders - essentially the
> private sector - operate the cable  on Open Access
> principles?  Specifically, the following questions arise.
> 
> 
> 1. Will the cable be open for direct connectivity (at the
> source in MSA) to other future telco players?
> 
> 2. Will the price of connecting to the international fiber
> be driven by profit-motives or will it be based on the
> 'cost-of-operating-the-fiber' basis.
> 
> 3. What modalities exist for future investors who may wish
> to own part of the fiber maybe 2 or 5years after the cable
> is operational- or will this thing be a closed-club to the
> original financiers once the cable becomes operational?
> (remember the consortium approach of EASSy?)
> 
> 4. What are the steps involved in transparently
> transferring this public resource into private sector?
> 
> just wondering...
> 
> walu.
> 
> 
> 
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